Excerpt from The Throne of the Fisherman: Built by the Carpenter's Son, the Root, the Bond, and the Crown of Christendom Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, under the Ring of the Fisherman, on the 13th day of November, 1885, in the eighth year of our Pontificate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.